Patricia Hodges cold case murder investigation
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A renewed investigation is underway in the 2002 murder of 64-year-old St. Petersburg mother and grandmother Patricia Hodges, whose case has remained unsolved for 24 years. FOX 13's Genevieve Curtis reports.

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